The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-26
Farm and Stock Notes.

spent that causes the outgo on a farm.
1t is good plan to empty coal ashes
around currant and gooseberry bushes.
1t is well to destroy as much insect life as
possible while it is in its winter quarters.
Never keep butter in cellar where vege-
tables are or have been kept. The odor will
be sure to penetrate it.
Keep bees away from sweet cider if pos
sible, as they will store their hive with il
and many bees be lost.
Save the feathers from all the fowls.
Scald them thoroughly and dry them as
quickly as possible, keeping them well aired
until disposed Of.
mixture of 200 pounds of oats, 200
pounds Of peas and 25 pounds Of f1axseed,
ground together, was recommended by the
Country Gentleman as excellent food for
growing colt.
One egg a week will pay for the support
of hen. AS the first egg must be deducted
for expenses, consequently the hen that lays
three eggs a week produces twice as much
profit as the hen that lays two eggs.
1t is said that GOO sheep run on piece
of ground one year will make the soil ca
pable of yielding grain enough over aud
above the capacity of the soil without the
sheep manure to support 1,035 sheep an en-
tire year.
The seed of sorghum cane should be more
extensively used. 1t may be ground or fed
whole, if well cleaned. For poultry it is
excellent, and as the yield of seed is from
ID TO % bushels per acre, it is really very
valuable portion of the crop.
There is still plenty of room for inventors
to find something better than stanchions for
cows. A stall is wanted that will COM
pletely prevent the cows from becoming
filthy, and in which the liquids and solid
manures can in no manner get on the ami
mails
There is no reason why the farmers should
receive less than the regular prices for any
kind Of produce. If they will ship articles
in good condition and allow nothing to
leave the farm except that of the best quail
ity, they can always find a ready sale for
all classes of produce.
1t is generally supposed that the pig is
capable of digesting any kind of food that
is unfit for other classes of stock. On the
contrary, it can be very easily injured by
improper food, and will do best on variety
Of vegetables and grass. Corn is not re-
cessary except to fatten the hcg
Beans are good food for cows The bean
meal is probably the best form. But if the
beans are boiled until soft they may be fed
with profit. Waste beans on the farm or
damaged stocl-that can sometimes be bought
cheap, should always be fed. Beans are
rich in protein or heterogeneous matter.
Guernsey cattle are larger than the Jer-
seys, less delicately formed and organized.
and instead of the deef-hke colors which
prevail among the Jerss US they are reddish
or yelowish fawn, with considerable white.
The COWS are deeper mixers than the Jer-
seys, the cream and butter, if anything,
yellower.
A bull with an ugly temper is dangerous
whether armed with horns or not A Polled
Angus bull in Minnesota, some time since.
dashed his owner, an old gentleman named
Sherwin, to the ground, and then, falling
on his knees, butted him repeatedly, infiict-
ing such injuries that his victim died shortly
after being rescued.
Mutton should be as plentiful as pork.
There are hundreds of farms that could be
devoted to sheep, but which are now I'M
profitable. 1t requires less labor for sheep
than for hogs, while the prices for choice
mutton and lamb are at times very high.
though the markets at such times NAV be
well supplied with inferior grades of car
cases.
One Ct the most important matters for
beginners in poultry keeping is to know
that good laying hen is not market
fowl. A plump, fat hen will lay but verv
few eggs, while hen that lays regularly
does not readily become fat, as she cannot
produce eggs and carcass at the same time.
DO not keep the laying hens and fat hens
together.
When wood is sold off the land there is
loss of fertility, but when the ashes are
carefully saved, provided the wood be CON
sumed on the farm, the potash and lime, as
we'll as other mineral matter, are retained
Ill lr.cc ,,f ,,ifYnarat,
farm can be cropped as easily by growing
wood upon it for sale as with ordinary
crops.
There are no secrets in sheep raising. 1t
has to be done by feeding. The sh 'ep have
to eat something, and that something has
to be sweet feed, grass, grain, vegetables,
fruit or anything that is wholesome and
nutritious, but must be abundant and UNI
failing. Weeds, brush and briars will keep
sheep alive, but don't ask sheep to grow
mutton on such pastures, no, nor wool.